The Mets had 12 relievers throw at least 10 innings for them in 2019. Four of those 12 had an ERA under 4.00 and here’s how the other eight fared:
Robert Gsellman – 4.66 ERA — 63.2 IP, 33 ER
Jeurys Familia – 5.70 ERA — 60 IP, 38 ER
Edwin Diaz – 5.59 ERA — 58 IP, 36 ER
Luis Avilan – 5.06 ERA — 32 IP, 18 ER
Drew Gagnon – 8.37 ERA — 23.2 IP, 22 ER
Tyler Bashlor – 6.95 ERA — 22 IP, 17 ER
Paul Sewald – 4.58 ERA — 19.2 IP, 10 ER
Chris Mazza – 5.51 ERA — 16.1 IP, 10 ER
These eight pitchers combined for 184 ER in 295.1 IP for a 5.61 ERA. Avilan, Gagnon and Mazza are no longer on the 40-man and hopefully don’t pitch for the club in 2020. Unfortunately, Bashlor remains, along with his buddy Jacob Rhame. Injuries kept Rhame to only 6.1 IP but he would have been the star of this group of bad relievers with a 4.26 ERA. However, that’s likely a small sample thing. Including his 2019 stint, Rhame has pitched in parts of three seasons in the majors and has a 6.23 ERA in 47.2 IP.
My first thought looking st the stats is the first three guys won’t make next year’s list, Well let’s hope so.
As far as Tyler Bashor goes and I can’t help it but he reminds me of Hansel Robles. Live fastball, no command but with that weird Im not sure what the hell’s going to happen now” look. Maybe he’ll have a aha moment like Hansel discovered?
I’ll call it a win if two of the first three don’t make the list.
And the thing that gets lost is that for the most part, the five guys that you wanted pitching out of the pen for the Mets last year were relatively healthy and gave innings. If before the 2019 season started, you were offered the chance to have Lugo, Diaz, Familia, Gsellman and Wilson combine for 300.2 IP, you’d have been fairly happy. Yeah, ideally you’d get 30 more innings but it wasn’t like three of the guys were out for two months apiece.
Wait, so you’re telling me a healthy Jacob Rhame wouldn’t have pushed us over the hump last year?